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The great flood
Trojan:
Llandudno's North Parade, near the entrance to the pier, was redesigned in 2000, as part of a plan for raising the sea defenses after the catastrophic flooding of June 10 1993.
However, the flood was not caused by the sea but by the inability of the drainage system to cope with 5 1/2 inches of rain which fell in three hours, during high tide.
The new pumping station at West Shore, that had opened a year previously failed, due to flooding of it's electrical system, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Share your memories here:
Some photographic memories:
1. Back gardens of Bridge Road, West Shore from Maesdu Bridge.
2. Trinity Avenue & St Andrews Avenue, West Shore.
3. The Oval area.
4. Aerial view of the Oval from the Great Orme.
Trojan:
Off Trinity Avenue, West Shore. Courtesy of forum member Suepp
Trojan:
The lifeboat station.
Trojan:
Denness Place:
Blongb:
--- Quote from: Trojan on October 19, 2010, 09:50:25 pm ---Llandudno's North Parade, near the entrance to the pier, was redesigned in 2000, as part of a plan for raising the sea defenses after the catastrophic flooding of June 10 1993.
However, the flood was not caused by the sea but by the inability of the drainage system to cope with 5 1/2 inches of rain which fell in three hours, during high tide.
--- End quote ---
I think you might have 2 flooding’s mixed up here Trojan. The North Parade one was in August 1999, when a storm centred itself over the Great Orme. The 5½ inches of rain would have had a much better chance of being contained if the old Victorian brick lined storm culvert hadn't had a very large modern concrete plug inserted into it, just in front of Hen Dy Hotel, after some dodgy road repairs had been carried out. Once the flood waters hit the plug it had nowhere to go. The force was so great; it hydraulically pushed North Parade up 6 inches and flooded the cellars of 5 Hotels along that section of North Parade. Trouble was it wasn't just fresh storm water that came up through their toilets but every thing else as well. X:((
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